Obligatory Thursday Skins Post

[botherd]

NAOMI!! D: D: D:

So I feel kind of bad that all my favourite parts of the episode were ones that didn't involve Thomas, like JJ being adorable and oblivious, and Effy showing up at the end! Sorry, I just... don't care about Thomas's emo manpain.

Good things: there were some hilarious lines ("Like God but with better weapons", "Jesus says shut up"), and they managed to have people singing without hitting my major embarrassment squick (I have a weird thing about it) and DOUG'S HAIR, OMG I DIED. But... IDK, I think the way they have a really tight focus on one character just doesn't work. Or maybe it just doesn't work with Thomas, because he's so isolated from the group. NEEDS MOAR ENSEMBLE. And I felt like we didn't even go *that* in-depth into his emotions, because it was just a whole lot of Merv standing around looking miserable.

I feel bad that I didn't love it as much as I wanted to! I haven't seen anyone else's reactions yet (I don't understand how people can liveblog stuff, I never want to divert my attention) so I don't know if I'll be harshing anyone's squee, but yeah, this won't be one I'll be endlessly rewatching. Still, I'm hopeful for next week! It looks like angst central, but hopefully in a good way. :D

Comments

[shadowings.livejournal.com]

It was high on emo, but I think Thomas's emo is way more justified than Effy's epic run-away last year.

a) Someone died and he feels guilt. I think this is entirely reasonable, as he knew people dealt drugs, underage people were let in yet he still DJ'd, and he feels bad about that.
b) He has to adapt to being in a foreign country. I thought the episode actually did a really good job showing this. It's not home. It will never be home.
c) He got fucking expelled from the school. Fabulous. There were like 50 people at the scene, and he gets to be expelled. I would be miserable, maybe punch that snot in the face since hell, I'm not allowed to go to this school anyway.
d) Money issues, family & friends issues, that all hurts.

I dunno. No one online likes the episode anyway, so you're not harshing on anyone's squee. It kind of angers me that no one cares about Thomas, because I can easily most relate to him.

[botherd.livejournal.com]

See, I get all that on paper, but it just didn't connect emotionally for me. I want to like Thomas, it bothers me that he doesn't interest me, but I just couldn't get into the ep. I really enjoyed his episode last year, and I think I would have enjoyed another Thomas episode if the writers hadn't chosen to turn it into an angst-fest.